Automobile-bumper



W. G. COX.

AUTOMOBILE BUMPER.

mmcmou FILED MAY 20, 1921.

Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

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W. G. COX.

AUTOMOBILE BUMPER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1921.

Patented A11 1G, 1921 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- duu pwto'c G. COjc tl NlTED STATES PATENT wzamaitt e. cox, or CLEVELAND, onto, ASSIGNOR To cox BRASS M ANUFACTURING comm, 0F ALBANY, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

AUTOMOBILE-BUMPER.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. lVILLmM G. Cox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the-county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile- Bumpers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention consists of a resilientbumper made of spring bars which are constructed and assembled in a particular way to provide a relatively wide impact face and shock-absorbing loops immediately be hind said face between the opposite ends of the bumper. More specifically stated, the purpose is to provide an exceptionally strong and wide-faced bumper composed of three bars joined together with spring loops at the middle and the ends of the bumper, whereby all stocks will be uniformly d1s tributed to and absorbed by all the bars of the bumper.

In the drawings accompanying this application, Fi ure 1 is a plan view of a bumper embodying my invention affixed to the frame of an automobile. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same bumper, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the rear bar by itself.

igsal and 5 are edge and perspective views respectively of an impact bar. Figs. 6 to 11, illustrate a modified form of the invention, Figs. 6 and 7 showing top and front views, respectively, of the complete bumper, and Figs. 8 and 9 showing edge and front views of the rear bar. Figs-10 and 11 are front and edge views of one of the impact bars.

Referring first to Figs 1 to 5, inclusive, the bumper shown therein comprises three bars 2, 3 and 4, respectively. the main or rear bar 2 being straight for its major length and curved forwardly at its opposite ends and thence toward the middle of the bar to provide rounded spring loops 5-5 and short straight spring extensions 6-6 in front of the bar. Bars 3 and 4 serve as impact members and are identical in form and construction but by a reverse placement these two bars may be united with the main bar 2 to present a broadened impact face at the front side thereof and also provide two renforcing spring loops 7-7 at spaced intervals intermediate the end loops 5-5 and transversely between the spring extensions 6 and the middle flexible portion of the rear bar. To that end Specification of Letters Patent. Patent d A 16, 1921 Application filed May 20,

1921. Serial No. 471,163.

each bar 3 and 4 comprises a long arm 8 having diverging of which is curved rearwardly at two places and. extends as a short arm 10 toward the opposite end of and parallel with the long arm 8 so that the extermity of each short arm 10 may be united by a rivet or bolt 11 to the main rear bar 2 and the extermity of each long arm 8 may be fastened by a rivet or bolt 12 to spring extensionGof bar 2 and to loop 7 of the companion impact memher. All three bars are thus firmly united together at their extremities by four bolts or rivets, and the spring arms or loops of the impact members sustain them in an up.- right position under shocks and blows and also reinforce the main bar and its spring extensions while absorbing the shocks ('0- operatively with said main bar. Briefly stated, the impact istransmitted through the four spring loops to the rear bar and the three bars sustain the shock concurrently and equally.

The means for supporting the bumper upon the vehicle comprisesadjustable brackets 14 substantially as shown, but any other mode of securing the bumper to the vehicle may be employed;

The invention as exemplified in Figs. 6 to 11, inclusive. also comprises a three piece bumper having supplemental spring loops between the opposite looped ends of the bumper. Thus, a main bar 2 having spring loops 5' and spring extensions 6 at opposite ends thereof, is united with two companion impact bars 3' and 4 having spring loops T' and short arms 10' in substantially the same manner as in the bumper hereinbefore described@ However, there is this dillercnce,the main bar extensions 6 are bent on obtuse angular lines upwardly and downwardly at opposite ends of the bar. and the impact bars extend the full length of the bumper and have angular extremities 14' also bent on obtuse angular lines. By placihg and uniting the angular ends of the impact bars in crossed relation to the ungular ends of the main bars the bumper is provided with broad impact ends adapted to fully protect the fenders and wheels of the vehicle to which the bumper is attached.

What I claim is:

1. A vehicle bumper, comprising a main bar oi metal bent revcrsely at its opposite ends, and a supplemental bar aflixed to said impact portions 9-9, one

reversely bent ends having a spring portion engaged with said main bar between its ends.

2. Aresilient bumper, comprising a. main bar and a pair of complementary bars hoving spring loops engaged with sand main bar ntermediate its ends.

3, A bumper for automobiles, comprising e mai her having reversely bent extremities and a pair of complementary bars affixed at their opposite ends to said main bar and bent to provide spring loops intermediate the ends of said main bar. 7

4:. A bumper made of o plural number of metal bars, each having a reverselyibent portion adapted to provide spring loops, said bars being assembled with the loop ofone bar interenga-ged with the reversely bent;

portion of another bar.

5. A bumper, comprising a pair of impact bars bent reversal at their respective ends and nngulerly to higher and lower planes between their ends, and a supporting bar connected with the reversely-bent ends of said impact bar.

6. A bumper, comprising a main supporting bar and an impact bar bent on angular lines to lie in higher and lower planes having a curved spring extremity connected with said main bar.

7. A bumper, comprising a main bar having curved spring extremities, and a pair of impact bars bent on angular lines to place impact portions thereof on different horizontal planes having reversely bent portions connected with said main bar between and with its extremities.

8. A bumper, comprising a plural num-/ ber of bars having angularly-bent extremi ties adapted to provide double impact faces at opposite ends thereof.

9. A bumper, comprising a main bar having reversely bent extremities of angular formation, and a pair of complementary impact bars bent reversely and angularly at their opposite extremities and united at their ends to said main bar.

I WILLIAM G. COX. 

